Song Lyric of the Day: Hold me closer tiny dancer / Count the headlights on the highway / Lay me down in sheets of linen / You had a busy day today Elton John / “Tiny Dancer“ A couple of months ago Rich and I enrolled Coraline in her first ballet class. Technically,…
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Photoblogging: Mother’s Day 2014
Yesterday I enjoyed a low-key Mother’s Day, my fourth as Coraline’s lucky mom. We started the day with brunch — Coraline’s favorite meal — at The Egg & I, our first visit and one of the few places with a less than two-hour wait. Then we came home, where Rich…
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From the Heart
Coraline made this for me at day care. She told the teachers what she wanted to tell me, and they wrote it on this little butterfly made from tracing her hands. It’s the most perfect Mother’s Day present I could have hoped for. Artwork like this makes day care worth…
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The Numbers on the Scale
Song Lyric of the Day: Would you let me see beneath your beautiful? / Would you let me see beneath your perfect? Labrinth featuring Emeli Sande / “Beneath Your Beautiful“ For the past few weeks I’ve gotten back into something of a fitness routine. I’m now on three weeks of…
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Finn, the Cinco de Mayo Kitty, at 18
Song Lyric of the Day: Well, the first time that I got it I was just ten years old / I got it from some kitty next door / An’ I went to see the doctor and he gave me the cure / I think I got it some more…
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The Little Social Butterfly
Song Lyric of the Day: (When it gets loud, I turn it up) / Shake it like a bad girl up in Harlem / (When it’s too hot, I light it up) / Ooh, light it up, yeah, smoke em if you got ’em New Politics / “Harlem“ The other…
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First-World Problems: Gimpy Dogs and Bastard Bees
Song Lyric of the Day: Treating today as though it was / The last, the final show / Get to sixty and feel no regret / It may take a little time / A lonely path, an uphill climb / Success or failure will not alter it / And do…
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A Conversation With Coraline: Q&A
“What does … chocolate milk turn into?” “Pee.” “What does … chocolate turn into?” “Poop.” “What does … candy turn into?” “Poop.” “What does … water turn into?” “Pee.” “What does … the fox say?” “Ni ni ni ni ni ni ni.”
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The Mountain Birthday Party
Song Lyric of the Day: High on a mountain top / We live, we love, and we laugh a lot / Folks up here know what they got / High on a mountain top Loretta Lynn / “High On a Mountain Top“ Last summer our friends hosted a party at…
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The Birthday Boy and the Ballerina
Song Lyric of the Day: I just want you to dance with me tonight / So come on, oh baby / I just want you to dance with me tonight Olly Murs / “Dance With Me Tonight“ Tuesday night Rich, Coraline, and I celebrated Rich’s 40th birthday. It was a…